Right now the first Virtual Toronto Comic Arts Festival is underway on Youtube and this week we had the pleasure of watching Deb Aoki doing a pre-recorded interview with Nagata Kabi, the creator of…
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Genjitsu Touhi shitetara Boroboro ni natta Hanashi / My Alcoholic Escape from Reality by Nagata Kabi
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My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
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My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
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After three years of clerking in a mom-and-pop liquor store (which was right next to my other part-time job), I was finally of age but still did not…
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My Wandering Warrior Existence / Meisou Senshi by Nagata Kabi
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Kabi Nagata: Opening Doors at an Intersection
Students of literature or art often find themselves reading analysis of an author’s work long past the author’s own lifetime, whether it be Edgar Allen Poe or Murasaki…
Suizou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita / My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better by Nagata Kabi
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Meisou Senshi – Nagata Kabi (迷走戦士・永田カビ)
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So I heard something controversial happened in the world of manga reviews. And it quite happens to revolve around a manga figure a lot of people know too…
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Weekly Round-Up, 12-18 May 2021: MAPPA Animator Conditions, Intersectionality, and Nagata Kabi Interview
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An escape room based on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, "Escape from JoJo's Bizarre Nightmare" starts in Japan in October 2023.
John Carpenter: Escape from New York
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A Step By Step ALT Escape Plan
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Nagata Kabi and the Mundane Pain of Sickness or That Time My Body Broke And I Had To Figure out How to Keep Going
Nagata Kabi’s sixth autobiographical entry is a story about what happens when your life falls apart and you can no longer escape. And that's what this article is…
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Nagata Kabi’s sixth autobiographical entry is a story about what happens when your life falls apart and you can no longer escape. And that's what this article is…
Japan's Most Alcoholic Band
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Escape from Mogadishu (모가디슈, Ryoo Seung-wan, 2021)
North & South Korean diplomats are forced to set ideology aside to escape the increasing violence of the Somali Civil War in Ryoo’s intense action drama
Manga Pulse 499: Alcoholic Lesbians
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Mushoku Tensei Season 2 just got announced! Let's remember how it all began, analyse the trailer for Season 2 and check out the new Overlord: Escape from Nazarick…
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons, Vol. 1
By Izumi Sawano and Miru Yumesaki. Released in Japan as “Kisaki Kyōiku kara Nigetai Watashi” by PASH! Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by Camilla…
Songs You Can Never Escape: “Drift Away” by Uncle Kracker
There’s a certain type of pop song. Everyone knows them, but most people don’t know they know them. Sometimes, even the people who remember one of these songs…
You to Bakemono ni naru Chichi ga tsurai / A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic by Mariko Kikuchi
You to Bakemono ni naru Chichi ga tsurai / A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic is another of my bookstore finds. It’s another autobiographical manga about…
THE GREAT SRUNGLE (RE)WATCH 40 – Escape from GHOST TOWN
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Highschool of the Dead (Episode 2) – Escape from the Dead
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Reality “Bites”
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Hentai + Reality = Real Hentai Situation! 2 is announced by Shiravune!
Shiravune is announcing another title, and this one is a treat for nukige enjoyers!
Jujutsu Kaisen: Escape From the Cursed Spirit of the Abandoned School
Gojo assigns you to a mission to help the first-year students investigate a creepy abandoned school. Can you and the others use your techniques -- and your smarts…
Beyond Our Reality
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ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape
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Review: Escape Devildom & Doridosim
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Zegapain – A Reality Check
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Don’t forget about reality.
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My Anime Recommendations by Demographic
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ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape Preview
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